Farmers Market Assistant Jobs

Salary Range: $13.65 - $21.26 hourly

Job Summary

This position provides on-site coordination for the Greeley Farmers’ Market at the Depot. Duties include completing EBT/EFT transactions using wireless POS device and accounting for market coupons, organizing vendor parking and set-up, monitoring vendor product and activities to ensure adherence to Market policies, distributing and collecting sales reporting envelopes with required fees and sales taxes for each vendor, preparing and submitting reports and collected funds to supervisor and/or Finance Department, providing information to vendors and customers during Market sessions.

Experience, Knowledge, Skills And Essential Functions

• Ability to interpret and apply policies.
• Ability to maintain positive relationships with vendors and customers and resolve problems in a professional manner.
• Ability to organize and maintain site in a safe, effective and attractive manner.
• Basic math skills to be able to calculate sales taxes and add/subtract figures on paperwork.
• Ability to work with volunteers to enhance market operations.
• Ability to assure security of market assets.

Work Environment And Physical Requirements

• Vision enough to operate POS equipment and read written materials.
• Approximately 95% of the work is performed outdoors at the Farmers’ Market site in a variety of weather conditions from high temperatures in full sun to cool or cold conditions with rain or snow.
• Communication skills enough to convey information verbally and in writing.
• Ability to lift and move up to 50 pounds unassisted.
• Most work is performed in daylight hours but at certain times of the season may begin in pre-dawn conditions.
• Ability to walk and stand for several hours on hard surface.

Conditions of Employment: Candidates must successfully complete all pre-employment screenings and employment eligibility verification. Pre-employment screenings include a drug test, a background and national sex offender search, a motor vehicle record search, and for some positions, a physical demands evaluation. For more information about City policies and practices during the recruitment process, including but not limited to EOE, Reasonable Accommodation, and pre-employment screenings, please visit our career page HERE.